Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Tea Misadventures, and Carp

My choice of "favorite tea mug" bears an unfortunate resemblance in shape and size to my paint-water-bowl.... That's just asking for trouble.

And that's NOT a pretty blue glaze on the paint-bowl. It's "clear" plastic. It has been my painting companion for 10+ years, following me from my brief stint in Japan. It has acquired some permanent layers of color on it now due to periodic uses on non-water-soluble mediums, and sometimes glue, that have sealed the dried watercolors in.

And a peek at how the latest dragon painting is coming along. I got a lot of the water done today, and started on some of the koi.

Rather woozy now though...still sick, and while the cold medicine is working wonders for my poor runny nose, it's really doing a number on my ability to focus and coherence....

Whenever I paint in water media and drink tea strange things happen in my mind. My brush hand feels almost magnetic attraction to the tea mug, and my other hand is grasping for paint-water container. Luckily, I haven't had any incidents with drinking paint-water yet.

Ahh see, had you not mentioned the fact that it was plastic, I'd have been fooled into thinking that the blue cup was a particularly fine porcelian drinking vessel worthy only of the finest tea. How easily the eye is fooled!

Sounds very familiar :-) Glad I'm not the only one who does that kind of things... If I have a mugg of thee or coffee I on my desk while painting I intend to clean my brush in it;-). Also very jummy ...

Good luck and a lot of fun with the new painting, ... It already looks amaizing :-)

I drink my yucky water all the time. It started as a mishap when I had a cup of tea by my water cup, but then I acquired a taste for it through the years. I now drink a cup every night before I go to bed...I love the lingering taste of burnt sienna. Ahhh....good old yucky water, the drink for the starving artist.